2007 Chevrolet Malibu: sudden loss of power

Filed Jan 22, 2026 · Steering · 90,000 miles · NC

The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while reversing, the message "Power Steering Fault" was displayed, and the vehicle lost power steering functionality. The vehicle became difficult to steer, requiring extra effort in maneuvering the vehicle. The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH, the steering wheel was vibrating abnormally with the message “Power Steering Fault” displayed. While driving at an undisclosed speed on another occasion, the steering wheel continuously vibrated. The message "Power Steering Fault" was displayed. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic to be diagnosed or repaired. The contact related the failure to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 15V064000 (Steering). However, the VIN was not included in the recall. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 90,000.

Filed Aug 5, 2024 · Acceleration, Airbags · MO

I was driving and lost power randomly it came back in less than a minute but just lost power could certainly cause an accident... And the service airbag light is on and seemingly has the same issues as the 2010 Malibu Maxx which was recalled and replaced free of charge and frankly I don't have the 1200 $ to make sure it doesn't kill me I'm not sure why with as many 2007s that this is an issue in why it isn't recalled...

Filed Mar 5, 2024 · Steering · 104,000 miles · WV

The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, the vehicle lost power steering functionality. The contact immediately pulled to the side of the roadway. The power steering warning light was illuminated. The contact stated that after turning off and restarting the vehicle, the steering wheel started shuddering, was making an abnormal ticking sound, and was significantly difficult to turn. The contact was able to continue driving. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where the contact was charged a fee for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was then taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the power steering motor had failed and needed to be replaced. The mechanic determined that the failure was related to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 15V064000 (Steering); however, the VIN was not included. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 104,000.

Filed Jun 14, 2023 · Steering · PA

Complete loss of power steering while driving. I took this to a Chevy dealer for repair and discovered that the faulty part was the same as safety recall #14772. Same year, make, model, faulty part and the same failure while driving. Part was confirmed by dealer repair. No warning lights before failure. I reported this to GM in attempt to be compensated and inform them to broaden the recall and they would not help in any way and referred me to the federal safety agency

Filed Oct 20, 2022 · Fuel system, Steering · CA · 1 injury

I can hear the U joint clicking like it wants to fail and suddenly randomly there is a loss of powersteering. This issue caused my father who is on oxygen to go to the hospital.

Filed Feb 5, 2022 · Steering · VA

I was driving my vehicle home from work when it suddenly lost power steering. At that point I was unaware it had a power system module instead of a power assist pump. I pulled over to the side of the road to check and see what was going on. That was when I realized I had a power system module. The odd part for me was after looking at it on the side of the road for a while I cranked the vehicle and my power assist was working again. If it had gone out in a curve instead of straight road the outcome probably would have been different. I noticed for my year Malibu there is a recall but mine is not listed. From the description of the issue it's exactly what happened to mine but, again, it's not listed. I guess I need to know what steps I need to take to get it at least checked.

Filed Mar 17, 2021 · Steering · 165,000 miles · MO

Tl* the contact owns a 2017 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle loss power steering functionality causing the steering wheel to lock up. The contact stated that the traction control and check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact related the failure to the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v064000 (steering). The vehicle was taken to pinegar chevrolet buick gmc of branson (163 adair rd, branson, mo 65616) where it was diagnosed with needing the power steering to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure and referred the contact to their local dealer. The failure mileage was approximately 165,000.

Filed Mar 12, 2021 · Steering · 96,000 miles · UT

Loss of power streering. Driving on the freeway and the power steering stopped working. Got off the freeway and used back roads to get home safely. Looking up recalls, I wondered why my vehicle is not on it. Even though it was the same year for the recall issued for chev malibu with the same thing happening with the power steering going out.

Filed May 5, 2020 · Steering · 96,000 miles · WI

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated while driving approximately 40 MPH, the power steering assist warning light illuminated and the vehicle loss power steering. The vehicle required extra effort to steer. A dealer was not informed of the failure. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 96,000. Invalid VIN.

Filed Apr 29, 2020 · Steering · 206,000 miles · MO

Interment loss of power steering problem started about 2 weeks ago. My mother is selling me the car and we got it checked out. I looked into chevy recalls and it states a recall on 06-08 malibu's for a torque sensor assembly and that I needed to call chevy. I contacted chevy on 05/29/2020 and spoke with a representative that stated I would have to pay for parts and labor to get the electrical power steering fixed. Decided to call my local chevy dealership and was pretty much told 'well that recall expired in 2016' regardless of expiration date the part has gone out in my car and is continuing to do so. I agreed to get the diagnostics test ran at a chevy dealership but was basically told they would do nothing regardless of what code came about. Regardless of expiration year on a recall if something is faulty because of the manufacturer placed faulty parts and won't take responsibility now that it needs fixed.

Filed Apr 9, 2020 · Steering · 150,000 miles · IA

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that the vehicle loss power steering assist and was difficult to maneuver. The contact stated that there was an abnormal clunking sound when the steering wheel was turned in either direction. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v064000 (steering) however, the VIN was not included. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 150,000.

Filed Jan 14, 2020 · Acceleration, Electrical · 163,000 miles · MN

Gauges will quit working, low fuel and power steering pops up on radio, theft deterrent light comes on, cruise control shuts off, says error on odometer. It will do it when driving and stationary. Also when it does do this you can feel the engine intermittently lose power